We found 6 episodes of The Year That Was with the tag “season1”.
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After You've Gone
February 2nd, 2022 | Season 1 | 51 mins 23 secs
1919, african-american history, american history, history, mexican history, native american history, season1, world history
There's so much I haven't had a chance to tell you about the year 1919, so I'm telling you now. Learn about hemlines, haircuts, Transatlantic air travel, interracial marriage, Native American citizenship, Emiliano Zapata, and the road trip to end all road trips--plus the number one song of the year.
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Say It Ain't So: The Black Sox Scandal and Baseball in 1919
May 5th, 2020 | Season 1 | 59 mins 48 secs
1919, american history, baseball, labor, season1, spanish flu, world war i
Baseball was the only truly national American sport in 1919, loved by fans across the United States. But the mood among players was grim--team owners kept salaries artificially low. When the Chicago White Sox won their league championship, the temptation to accept hard cash from gamblers to deliberately lose the World Series was irresistible. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
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Radical and Agitator: William Monroe Trotter and the Fight for Justice
February 17th, 2020 | Season 1 | 59 mins 9 secs
1919, african-american history, american history, lynching, race riots, radicals, red summer, season1, spanish flu
William Monroe Trotter was among the richest, best-educated, and most-well-connected African-American men in the United States--and he dedicated every ounce of his privilege into helping his fellow black Americans. By 1919, he had fought with the elder statesmen of his community, been arrested in protests over "Birth of a Nation," and denounced Woodrow Wilson's racial policies to president's face. But 1919 would bring one of Trotter's greatest challenges: he would need to learn how to peel potatoes.
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There Is No Justice Here: The Red Summer of 1919
January 21st, 2020 | Season 1 | 57 mins 55 secs
1919, african-american history, american history, bolsheviks, lynching, race riots, radicals, red summer, reds, season1, wobblies
A constant threat of violence hung over the lives of African Americans in the early 20th century, an unrelenting terror that served to deter economic progress and enforce a racist social order. But 1919 was different: violence spread out of the south into northern and midwestern cities and took the form of random, terrifying riots. But the response of African-American leaders in 1919 was also different. They decided enough was enough. The time had come to fight back.
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Reign of Terror: The First Red Scare
December 19th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 1 min
1919, american history, bolsheviks, labor, radicals, red scare, reds, season1, wobblies
Americans felt under attack in 1919 as a series of riots, strikes, disasters, and bombings hit the country. After radicals attempted to blow up the house of Attorney General Mitchell Palmer, he decided enough was enough. It was time to stop the Red Menace using any means possible. But would Americans tolerate the loss of their civil liberties in the pursuit of Bolsheviks?
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The Great Tide of Our Age: Colonies, Mandates and the Failed Promise of Self-Determination
November 19th, 2019 | Season 1 | 50 mins 29 secs
1919, afghanistan, china, colonies, egypt, fascism, fiume, gabriele d'annunzio, imperialism, italy, japan, korea, league of nations, mussolini, season1, vietnam
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points promised self-determination to colonies around the globe, raising hopes of independence and freedom for millions. But Wilson and the Allies had no intention of letting occupied peoples throw off imperialism. What would be the long-term consequences of raising the hopes and then dashing the dreams of so many people?